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ISE: More than a school
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The International School Eindhoven (ISE) is situated in the Brainport area of Eindhoven. On our beautiful (green) campus we provide excellent primary and secondary education as an IB (International Baccalaureate) World School. Our aim is to ensure that each and every ISE-student is known, cared for, and challenged. We know that moving to a new country, region and community is not without difficulties. As a school that serves families from 55 different countries, we recognize that we must also provide more than just an ‘education’ in its traditional sense.
This is a challenging job and we are pleased to show you how we do this through stories of a few of our teachers and students.
We asked them what the slogan “More than a school” means to them.
“More than a school comes back in the holistic approach of supporting young people in their development as a caring, internationally minded and happy person. In my roles as CAS and ELL coordinator, it means that I have to listen very carefully, empathize with students and understand cultural differences. Besides creating a safe place in the school for those students who have English as a second or third language, I also encourage students to discover who they are, what their passions are and how they can help others.
Remote teaching, because of COVID-19 measures, has been challenging, but I have felt supported by students, teachers and parents. By being realistic, keeping a daily structure and communicating our expectations clearly, I believe that our community has become even stronger. For me this is more than a job, it feels like home.” (Dirk Visscher)
“I am one of the leaders for learning in the primary school,” continues Heather Spanbroek. “My task is to make sure that students are learning. This includes not only academics but also improving their competencies such as personal development, self-reliance, creativity, international mindedness, and communication. We work thematic based and project based on subjects, for instance UN-goals on sustainability; teaching that you can make a difference, on a local or a global scale.
We are continuing to develop as a learning community. Our whole community has been doing an amazing job in going digital during distance learning. Many of our staff members have even become Google Certified Educators. This certification means that they aren’t only able to use the G-Suite tools to an excellent standard but also know the best way to put them into the curriculum to support our students.”
Lars and Stevie share their experiences as DP (Diploma Program) students. “We experience ISE as a community and feel that teachers are there for you when needed. ISE connects to any level. When you are new to this school, you stream in smoothly. Teachers and career counselors help you to choose subjects and to accustom yourself. We have experienced that the system is organized around you as a family and not the other way around. This helped tremendously to settle in quickly. As graduates we will leave ISE and the sense of community is what we are going to miss. We think the school did an amazing job.”
Finally, we asked Daksh, one of our pupils in primary, what our slogan means to him. “A few years ago, I came from India and went to Group 2. I feared not having any friends. Fortunately, this was only for a short time. On Monday I started in my class and everybody wanted to be friends. Soon it felt like one big family. We take care of each other and help each other with our work. Our slogan is: “There is no I in ISE, we are a group.”
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